Chinese

Verb

播種

1. to sow (seeds)

Japanese

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese compound 播種 ‎(pa^H tsyowng^X, literally “to sow + seed”) or 播種 ‎(pa^H tsyowng^H, literally “to sow + to sow”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) は​しゅ [háꜜshù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɕɯᵝ]

Noun

播種 ‎(hiragana はしゅ, romaji hashu)

1. sowing, the spreading of seed on the ground for growing a crop
2. (medicine) dissemination (the spreading out of cells within the body, particularly cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (sowing): 種蒔 (たねま)き ‎(tanemaki)
• (dissemination): 散在 (さんざい) ‎(sanzai), 汎発 (はんぱつ) ‎(hanpatsu)

Verb

播種する ‎(hiragana はしゅする, romaji hashu suru)

1. to sow, to spread seed on the ground for growing a crop
2. (medicine) to disseminate (to spread out within the body, particularly for cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Variation of hashu above, using the kan'yōon of han for the first character.

Pronunciation

• Kan'yōyomi
• IPA^(key): [hã̠nɕɯᵝ]

Noun

播種 ‎(hiragana はんしゅ, romaji hanshu)

1. (medicine) dissemination (the spreading out of cells within the body, particularly cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)

Usage notes

Although some dictionaries^[2][3] list this separate reading with a distinct sense, other dictionaries^[1][4] do not list any hanshu reading, and include the dissemination sense under the hashu reading.

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
3. ↑ http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/149124/m3u/%E6%92%AD%E7%A8%AE/
4. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0